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How to Read a Play

Ways to Understand a Script

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The ghost of Hamlet’s father appears to his son in Garden City (Kan.) High School’s 2019 International Thespian Festival production of Hamlet. Photo by Susan Doremus.

Michael Bigelow Dixon

How to Read a Play

How to Read a Play

Ways to Understand a Script

Mar 27, 2023

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